DAVID JOHNSTON, President
KATHRYN KOBERG, Associate

DAVID JOHNSTON, President

Author and green building expert, David Johnston, is a leading thinker behind the green building movement, transforming the way we think about building. His approach to green building has been embraced by municipalities, homeowners, building professionals and sustainability advocates nation-wide. Johnston’s current book, Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Room at a Time, co-authored with fellow green building consultant Kim Master, has been hailed as the definitive guide to green remodeling techniques. His previous book, Building Green in a Black and White World, was published by the National Association of Home Builders Press.

Johnston is a much sought after lecturer and keynote speaker and has represented the United States at International Energy Agency meetings to develop international research agreements in the area of sustainable construction. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the prestigious “Corporate Excellence Award for Sustainable Development” from the University of Colorado, and the “Environmental Hero for 2004” title by Interiors and Sources Magazine. Johnston was also named “Builder of the Year” by the Washington, D.C. chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry and has been inducted into the Remodeling Magazine Hall of Fame.

As founder of What’s Working, Inc., a green building consultancy that provides socially and ecologically responsible guidance to businesses, agencies and communities around the world, Johnston is committed to radically transforming the way America builds. He co-designed the Denver Metro Home Builders Association’s Built Green Program and the Boulder Green Points Program, which encourages the use of cost-effective and sustainable building practices. Johnston is also the founding designer and consultant to the California Build It Green program that stimulated market transformation programs in California and is at work to implement similar programs nationwide.

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Kathryn Koberg, Senior Associate

Kathryn Koberg is passionate about green building and is committed to changing the home building marketplace through education and training. She currently is a Senior Associate at What’s Working, a green building consultancy in Boulder, Colorado where she wears many hats. She brings an enthusiasm to the firm in all the work that she does. In her first year at the firm she has helped David Johnston complete his newest book, Green from the Ground Up and has worked with the city of Steamboat Springs and Routt County to implement a green building code. She is in the process of becoming Green Advantage® certified and is excited about the opportunities it will open for her.

Koberg graduated from Green Mountain College in Poultney, VT where she secured a Bachelors of Fine Art with a concentration in sustainable design. During her studies she attended the ECOSA Institute in Prescott, Arizona where she was introduced to sustainable design and the built environment. From there she headed back to Vermont to complete a summer internship at the Yestermorrow Design/Build School where she got hands-on experience with sustainable design working on straw bale cabins and design/build projects.

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